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16 Duke’s Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible
NOTES (ONION):
ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) +++ LILIACEAE
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the
leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside
this manna, before our eyes.
Numbers 11:5–6 (KJV)
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the
onions, and the garlic; but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna
to look at.
Numbers 11:5–6 (RSV)
How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers and the water
melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlic; But now our soul is dried away. Our eyes are
on nothing at all except the manna.
Numbers 11:5–6 (NWT)
Although widely used in biblical times, the onion is only mentioned once, in Numbers 11, true also
of the leek and the garlic that we hear built the pyramids. Medicinally, I view the leek and onions
as dilute garlic (BIB).
COMMON NAMES (ONION):
Akaakai (Hawaii; LIB); Albasa (Hausa; KAB); Albassa-Haoussa (Sudan; AVP); Azalim (Ber.;
BOU); Azlim (Ber.; BOU); Basal (Arab.; Malta; GHA; KAB); Basar (Sin.; NAD); Basl (Arab.; DEP;
EFS; NAD); Basla (Malta; KAB); Baslim (Ber.; BOU); Bassal (Arab.; BOU); Bawang (Mal.; Malaya;
DEP; EFS; NAD); Besla (Arab.; BOU); Bhazal (Heb.; KAB); Bolle (Ger.; KAB); Btsong (Tibet;
NPM; TIB); Ceapa (Rom.; KAB); Ceba (Lan.; KAB); Cebo (Lan.; KAB); Cebola (Mad. Por.; AVP;
EFS); Cebola Comun (Por.; AVP); Cebola las Hortas (Por.; KAB); Cebola Ordinario (Por.; KAB);
Cebolla (Bel.; Sp.; AVP; EFS); Cebolla Cabezona (Sp.; AVP); Cebula (Pol.; KAB); Ceola (It.; KAB);
Cepa (Lan.; KAB); Chabura (Uvosha; Peru; SOU); Ciboria (Peru; Shipibo/Conibo; EGG); Ciboule
(Fr.; KAB); Cipolla (It.; EFS; KAB); Dirghapatra (Sanskrit; KAB); Dungari (Guj.; Sin.; DEP; KAB);
Dungari Kandu (Guj.; Sin.; NAD); Durgandha (Sanskrit; NAD); Echte Zwiebel (Ger.; EFS); Eerulli
(Mal.; NAD); Fara Albassa (Sudan; AVP); Gabu (Sokoto; KAB); Gemein Zwiebel (Ger.; EFS); Guda
(Kano; KAB); Gudagi (Sokoto; KAB); Hagyma (Hun.; KAB); Hui Hui Ts’ung (China; EFS); Hu
Ts’ung (China; EFS); Ira-Vengayam (Tam.; DEP; KAB); Irulli (Tam.; DEP; KAB; NAD); Jaman
Pullu (Aym.; Bol.; DLZ); Kanda (Bom.; Mah.; Mar.; DEP; KAB; NAD); Kando (Kon.; KAB); Kesunni
(Burma; DEP; KAB; NAD); Khtim (Cam.; KAB); Kiska (Tur.; EB54:155); Krommyon (Greek;
KAB); Ku Kut (Mex.; AVP); Kunbali (Kan.; DEP; KAB); Kyetthwonni (Burma; DEP; KAB; NAD);
Lasona (Ilo.; KAB); Lasuna (Tag.; KAB); Lauch (Ger.; AVP); Lawashi (Sokoto; KAB); Lebsal (Ber.;
BOU); Loegen (Den.; KAB); Log (Den.; EFS); Lok (Swe.; EFS); Luk (Rus.; KAB); Lunu (Sin.; KAB;
NAD); Makakanda (Sanskrit; KAB); Makkhang (Limbu; NPM); Mi (Sur.; AVP); Neermulli (Tel.;
NAD); Neerulli (Kan.; NAD); Nirulli (Kan.; Tel.; DEP; KAB); Nripakanda (Sanskrit; KAB); Nripapriya
(Sanskrit; KAB); Nripavhaya (Sanskrit; KAB); Nripeshtha (Sanskrit; KAB); Ochong (Lepcha;
NPM); Ognon (Haiti; AVP); Oignon (Fr.; Haiti; AVP; EFS); Oignon Comun (Fr.; KAB); Oignon
de Cuisine (Fr.; KAB); Onion (Eng.; CR2; NAD); Onyan (Ulwa; ULW); Palandu (Beng.; Sanskrit;
EFS; NAD); Piaj (San.; KAB); Piau (Kon.; KAB); Piyaj (Beng.; DEP; NAD); Piyang (Beng.; NAD);